US7499697B2 - Portable terminal device for diverting one-time only calls - Google Patents

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US7499697B2
US7499697B2 US10/785,262 US78526204A US7499697B2 US 7499697 B2 US7499697 B2 US 7499697B2 US 78526204 A US78526204 A US 78526204A US 7499697 B2 US7499697 B2 US 7499697B2
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  • the present invention relates to a portable terminal device, such as a cellular phone, a PHS (personal handy-phone system) and the like.
  • Japanese Patent Laid-open No. 2000-312256 discloses a method for refusing communication as a method for preventing troublesome calls, such as a one-time only call, etc.
  • a cellular phone is in advance provided with a means for recording the phone numbers of calls to be refused. If one-time only calls arrive at the cellular phone, their calling numbers are sequentially recorded in the recording means. If there is an incoming call from the same phone number, the call is automatically disconnected.
  • the objective can be achieved by providing a portable terminal device comprising a determination unit retrieving data from a telephone directory database when a call arrives at the portable terminal device and determining whether the originating number is registered in the telephone directory database and a transmitting unit immediately connecting the call if the originating number is not registered in the telephone directory database, and announcing a recorded message.
  • the determination unit When a call arrives at the portable terminal device, the determination unit immediately retrieves data from the telephone directory database, and if the calling number is not registered in the telephone directory database, it immediately connects the call to the recorded message.
  • the call is automatically connected to the recorded message and its originator is charged. In this way, an economic burden can be imposed on the originator to substantially prevent the originator from making one-time only calls.
  • the telephone directory database is further retrieved. If the originating number is a number of one-time only calls recorded message is announced as soon as it is received, the call is immediately connected and such a recorded message is announced to the originator.
  • the one-time only call from the number registered in the telephone directory database can also be prevented using the call history information of its originator.
  • the zero-calling time setting is made in a recorded message response time area of the telephone directory database.
  • FIG. 1 shows the system configuration of the one-time only call preventing device of the preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the process of the preferred embodiment
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the one-time only call coping process of the preferred embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the telephone directory database.
  • FIG. 1 shows the system configuration of the one-time only call preventing device of the preferred embodiment
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the process of the preferred embodiment.
  • this system comprises a radio unit 1 , a telephone directory database 2 , a calling time monitoring unit 3 , a recorded message unit 4 and a communication unit 5 .
  • the cellular phone comprises an input unit 6 inputting operation signals according to the operation of input keys and a display unit 7 displaying a phone number, etc.
  • the above-mentioned units are connected to each other by a bus.
  • the radio unit 1 is an interface (I/F) for connecting the cellular phone to its base station to communicate, and it processes according to a predetermined protocol.
  • the calling time monitoring unit 3 monitors a time between the arrival of a call and the issuance of a calling tone, and a calling time.
  • the recorded message unit 4 stores a message to be announced to an originator if a call is a one-time only call, and records a message from the originator.
  • the communication unit 5 controls communication conducted between the originator and the owner of the cellular phone.
  • the input unit 6 inputs the operation signals of input keys, such as ten keys, function keys, etc.
  • the display unit 7 displays, for example, a phone number registered in the telephone directory database.
  • the telephone directory database 2 has the configuration shown in FIG. 4 .
  • the database 2 stores information about a telephone directory number, a name, etc., and also stores information about a one-time only call originator.
  • the telephone directory database comprises a telephone directory number, a name, reading, a group, phone numbers, mail addresses and a recorded message response time, and stores information corresponding to each area.
  • three phone number areas 1 though 3 and three mail address areas 1 through 3 are provided assuming there are a plurality of phone numbers and a plurality of mail addresses.
  • the recorded message response time area stores a time between the arrival of a call and the announcement of a recorded message. If there is an incoming call, the telephone directory database is retrieved using the originating number, and a recorded message response time is set by referring to the recorded message response time of a corresponding name stored in the telephone directory database.
  • a recorded message is set so as to be immediately announced.
  • this setting is not limited to a zero calling time, and it can be set to another time period. Even if a call is not a one-time only call, the response time between the arrival of a call to the announcement of a recorded message can be freely set.
  • step (hereinafter called “ST”) 1 it is determined whether a call arrives at a cellular phone (step (hereinafter called “ST”) 1 ). If there is no incoming call, the process waits for an incoming call (no in ST 1 ). Then, if a call arrives (yes in ST 1 ), the telephone directory database 2 is retrieved and it is determined whether the originating number is registered in the telephone directory database 2 (ST 2 ).
  • the telephone directory database 2 stores phone numbers with zero calling time setting in order to cope with one-time only calls as well as ordinary phone numbers, and it determines whether a phone number is registered in the telephone directory database. Specifically, the database 2 compares the originating number of the incoming call with each phone number stored in the telephone directory database 2 . If there is a phone number that coincides with the originating number, it is determined that the originating number is registered (yes in ST 2 ).
  • the calling number is registered (yes in ST 2 ), it is further determined whether the originating number is a number with zero-calling time setting (ST 3 ). In other words, it is determined whether the phone number is previously registered for a one-time only call. If the originating number is not a number with zero-calling time setting (no in ST 3 ), it is determined to be a call from an ordinary originator registered in the telephone directory database 2 and is processed in the conventional way (ST 4 ). For example, after a calling tone is generated several times during its set time under the control of the calling time monitoring unit 3 , the process proceeds to the announcement of a recorded message and the like.
  • the process proceeds to the one-time only call coping operation of this preferred embodiment. If in the earlier-mentioned process (ST 2 ), there is no corresponding phone number in the telephone directory database 2 (no in ST 2 ), the process also immediately proceeds to the one-time only call coping operation.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the above-mentioned one-time only call coping process.
  • communication is started (ST 5 ).
  • mode is switched to the communication mode, and a recorded message is announced (ST 6 ).
  • This message is read from the recorded message unit 4 and is announced to the originator through the radio unit 1 .
  • the telephone set of an originator that has originated a one-time only call is immediately connected to the cellular phone of this preferred embodiment and a recorded message is announced.
  • the originator is charged.
  • a message from the originator is recorded (ST 7 ), and the receiving process of the one-time only call terminates.
  • a one-time only call is originated, the originator of the call is always connected to the cellular phone, a recorded message is announced from the cellular phone, and the originator is always charged. Therefore, a one-time only call imposes an economic burden on the originator, thus substantially preventing one-time only calls.
  • the above-mentioned process is completed before a calling tone is generated. Therefore, if a one-time only call arrives at the cellular phone, no calling tone is generated, and a user need not answer to an unpleasant call.
  • the process proceeds to the recording of a message from the originator.
  • the process can also be terminated after the message is announced from the cellular phone.
  • a description is made using a cellular phone.
  • the description can also be applied to a portable terminal device, such as a PHS, etc.
  • one-time only calls can be substantially prevented by always charging an originator for a one-time only call.
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